Affordable Care Act is too flawed to be fixed

4:26 AM,
Jul. 11, 2013

U.S. Rep. Diane Black

Written by

U.S. Rep. Diane Black

Despite the more than three years that have passed since President Obama and congressional Democrats forced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through Congress, this law is still nowhere near ready for prime time.

This is not just my opinion as a conservative congressman and longtime opponent of the budget-busting, government takeover of our health care system; the Obama administration has admitted as much by abruptly deciding to delay the law's employer mandate by a full year.

While the Obama administration's decision may have been based on political expediency to give ...